Shoe-button.



` W. E. ELLIOTT.

SHOE BUTTON. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 191e Patented De. 19, 1916.

f Q7 l WILLIAM E. ELLIOTT, or GRAND nAPIDs, MICHIGAN.-

' SHOE-BUTTON.

Specification of Application led March 21 .To all whom t may concern.'

1 Be it known that I, .WILLIAM E. ELLIOTT,

a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Grand Rapids, inthe county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new anduseful AImprovements in Shoe-Buttons; and I do hereby declare theVfollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as willv enable others skilled in the artto' which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to a button construction especially adapted foruse in shoe buttonsin which an attaching loop or veye is permanentlysecured to and projects from the underside of the button.

It is the object and purpose of my invention to provide a constructionin which a shoe button having a head formed of pearl or likecomparatively fragile material, may

e equipped with an insert of different material in its under side,whereby the completed head may have a downwardly projecting neckofcircular outline, the sides of which curve upwardly and outwardly fromthe lower end of the neck to meet the under sides of the main body ofthe head. In the manufacture of pearl buttons itis substantiallyimpossible to form, in any practical manner, a completed head and neckof this description entirely of pearl or the like. My invention permitsthe formation of a button having all of the functions of a button ofthis character yet which so far as any portions of the button-disclosedin use are Vcon-- ce1-ned will show only the pearl or like material.

A further object of the invention consists in the provision of means forattaching the head and the insert together, this attachment being eectedby securing the loop or eye to the button head.

Other objects and purposes of the invention will appear withunderstanding of a preferred embodiment thereof as disclosed in theaccompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical section taken centrally through a shoe buttonmade in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar section takenthrough the button at right angles to the section illustrated in Fig. l.Fig. 3 is an under plan view of the'shoe button. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of the insert and the attaching loop; and Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of a plug which is inserted in the upper side of the button head Ydiverging sides 2.

Letters Patent. PatentedDec. 19, 1916.

, 1916. Serial No. 85,609.

and.` connected to the ends of the wireforming the attaching loop.

Like yreference characters' refer toflike parts throughout 'the severalviews of the drawing.

similar ma'terialand has acentral opening therethrough, the upper end ofwhich has On the underside the head l is bored to form a circular recess3,

the center of which is coincident with the j a'Xis of the openingthrough the-head. An insert comprised of a body Ll of circular outlineand a downwardly projecting neck 5 is formed of any suitable material.In practice this material will be any regular button material such aspapier-mache or the like and the neck has upwardly and outwardly curvedsurfaces extending from the lower end of the neck to the points where itmeets the under surface 7 ofthe head l, the thickness of the body 4being such that a smooth and unbroken surface is presented at thejuncture of the insert and the head l.

The underside of the insert is slotted for a distance as shown at 8 toform a seat for the upper part of a loop 9, this loop being formed ofwire, the ends l0 of which are brought together, passed through theinsert and into the lower end of the central opening in the head l. Aplug comprised of a conical head and a cylindrical extension 12 ispassed into the opening from the upper end, its lower end meeting theupper ends of the wires l0 and is permanently secured thereto,preferably by electric welding, it being evident that when so connectedthe loop, head and insert are permanently secured together making acomplete button which has a head of pearl or like material, a neck ofany other suitable material which may be readily fashioned into the formdesired and a loop depending from the neck together with a metal headcentrally located in the upper side ofthe head which greatly adds to theappearance of the button when 1n use.

A head of the character defined may bey The head l yof the button is foflpearl or Ilo plug and loop permits the employment of steel or likedurable material for the loop Which heretofore it has been practicallyirnpossible to use inthis relation,

The finished button presents a pleasing and attractive appearance andthe neck of novel formation added to the head gives the button all ofthe many advantages fully set lforth in my previous vapplication Ser. lNo. 55,219, flied Oct. 11, 1915:.

1. A button comprised of a head having an opening therethrough and arecess in its underside, a loop formed of'a piece of Wire having theends thereof brought together and inserted into said opening at one end,an insert through which said ends pass seated in the recess in the headand a plug inserted into the opening at the other end and connected WithIsaid ends of the loop, substantially as described.

2. A button comprised of a head having an opening therethrough and arecess in its loop and the head, substantially as loop formed of a pieceof Wire having the ends brought together and passed through i saidinsert and into the opening in the head, and means for permanentlyconnecting the described. 3L A button comprised of a head having Y anopening therethrough and a circular recess in its under side, an insertcomprised of a body and a downwardly extending neck provided With'downwardly and inwardly curving sides, said body being received Withintherecess of the head to provide a smooth and unbroken surface from theneck to the head, and a Wire loop projectingy from the underside oftheinsert, said head, insertI and loop being permanently connectedtogether,

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM E. ELLIGTT.

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